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Color of beeswax

I rendered my first beeswax this year and it came out a beautiful butter-yellow color with a very pleasant, mellow odor and a medium-firm texture. I then ordered a candle-making kit from a major supplier which included several pounds of beeswax -- which was a totally different color, odor, and texture; it was darker, had a sharper odor, and was a good bit harder than the wax I produced. What, do you think, could explain the difference?

Re: Color of beeswax

Originally Posted by jim lyon

I guess I have never heard of adulterated beeswax though I suppose paraffin could be added.

The "beeswax" candles used by the Catholic Church used to be required to be 100pct beeswax then by some church magic (because beeswax is expensive) they now allow much lower than 100pct depending on which service is being performed the more important the service the more pure the candle. and I didn't just make this up so Mods please don't delete this http://www.catholicculture.org/cultu...fm?recnum=6206